Solving Percents Word Problems

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Mathematics
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7th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Anthony Clark
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If 30% of a number is 60, what is the number?
180
200
150
100
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The city council voted on a new tax. The council has 20 members and 20% of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?
16 council members
4 council members
20% of the members
100
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A school has 800 students, and 40% of them are boys. How many girls are there in the school?
320
480
400
500
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29 were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to the nearest tenth)
about 80.6%
about 124.1%
36%
29%
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received a grade of 98%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (round to the nearest whole number)
about 98 problems
about 86 problems
about 88 problems
about 84 problems
Tags
CCSS.7.RP.A.2C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Manuel found a wrecked car that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car?
$7,200
$11,076.92
$8,250
$4,680
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At a sale, shirts were sold for $15 each. This price was 80% of their original price. What was the original price?
$12
$16
$18.75
$23.12
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
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